The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1887-12-08

VA VIC L' l. " u W. anu Teslu6uG
OF Knoxville, fell from freight train
near Cleveland, the night OF the 25th
ult., and was instantly killed.
The prisoners in the Franklin, Tenn.
Jail, under the leadership Of John
Sawyers and Dick Moses, lay their
plans to escape, but are thwarted by
being exposed by fellow-prisoner.
Some OF our butcherers hauled out
several wagon loads OF spare-ribs, back
bones, feet and heads which spoiled
during the late warm weather. We
have not heard of any OF them losing
any OF their salted meat.-RogerSviEo
Review.
Knoxville is striving for 100000
hotel. She deserves it, needs it and
has the pluck to get it. In TACT, Knox
vile is coming to think that nothing
short OF $500,000 "takes," as the prin-
ters say, are worth striving for.-Ath-
enidn.
G. G. Seaver has just received a
large stock of double and single bar
relied breech and muzzle-loading shot
guns. Can suit you in price.
The ristol-Goodson Electric Light
and Power Company has been char
tered, and the following officers have
been elected: Geo. w. Kuhnert, Pres.
]. G. Anderson, Treas Jno. P. Steiner,
Sec. The plant has been ordered and
will be put up in the next forty days.
"Dotter" in the Bristol Reporter says (:
II understand there is a drawback
about securing the right of way from
some Carter county land owners on
the route to Carter's Station for the
contemplated C's railroad. Better
come by the way of Bluff City and get
all you want gentlemen"
The people of Johnson City, Tenn,
are hereby warned that the standards
that leave here in the cars loaded with
lumber are all heavily charged with
powder and other explosive combusti-
bles. The standards cost the shipper
on an average Of about 81 so per car
and should be let alone and not taken
out and burned as soon as a car is un-
loaded at Johnson's. The attention
OF the Town Marshal is hereby called
to this matter.-Elk Park Chronicle. --
Warmers Log Cabin Remedies
old-fashed, simple compounds, usedIn
the days OF our hardly forefathers, are
cold timers" but "old reliable" They
comprise "Sarsaparilla," "Hops and
Buchu Remedy" Cough and Con,
sumption Remedy" "Scalpine, for the
Hair" Extract" for External and In
ternal Use, "Plasters, ,""Rose Cream,
for Catarrh, and Liver Pills" They
are put up by H. H. Warner & Co..
proprletors of Warmers Safe RENE.
dies, and promise to equal the stand.
ard value of those great preparations
NAll druggists keep them. y
+ Thefellowing very sensible utter.
ance is from q recent issue of the Nash.
vile American
The newspaper of to-day-the best
conducted newspaper-a paper that is
kept on high moral plane, but at the
same time newspaper, giving special
attention to collecting and dlssemina
ting both news and general nforma
ton, is by all odds the best source and
means of getting information.
1t may not be convenient for % fam
lily in the country to take daily pa
per, but what can be said for man ir
the country who will not take week
ly paper, especially man who is rails
ing family of children?
: The panorama of life often present.
scenes which anew and forcibly dem
onstrate mans frailty which, if right
ly viewed, will make the beholde
more human and strengthen TIN
growth OF the soul. Such a scene w
Witnessed last week. On Wednesda,
evening, lady in swoon was carrieC
from the Knoxville train to the Cali
House, followed by wailing little boy
That was ALTO the casual, careles
observer. The lady was soon restore,
to consciousness, and is now stayin
with friends in this neighborhooC
But that wasn't all. May the Lor
spale our readers such surrow as mus
fill her heart! Her husband, Jane
: Evans, had been consigned to the IL
: natic asylum at Lyons View, havin
murdered two children; he escaped
and, with his wife and child, was o
J his way to this place, when officers a,
, rested him on the train at Moss
! Greek the re-capture OF her husban
was too much for the poor woman an
she tainted Gazette.
Lee Hall, who commanded the 4
nous Texas Rangers, organized t
put down lawlessness, is a tall ma
with auburn hair, n tawny moustacl